Comment on Miami-Dade high school alumni’s NFL population slightly decreases on 2024’s opening weekend

Miami-Dade County basically held steady in 2024 as it pertains to the presence of its high school alumni on NFL teams’ opening-week rosters, but again are lagging far behind their neighbors to the north in Broward County. Related Articles High School Sports | Broward County again leads the way with most South Florida high school graduates in the NFL on opening weekend High School Sports | It’s Lamar Jackson, and not too much else, when it comes to Palm Beach County high school grads in the NFL The 2024 first-week NFL population for Miami-Dade ticked downward slightly, from 2023’s 30 to 28, still well ahead of its stunningly low 23 in 2022. While the southernmost chunk of the tri-county area had closed the Broward County lead to 48-30 last year (after 2022’s 55-23 rout), the margin opened up again in 2024, with Broward owning a 50-28 edge. Here are Miami-Dade County’s NFL players (by alphabetical order of last name, by high school and by NFL team): Yasir Abdullah, Jaguars, Miami Carol City Tutu Atwell, Rams, Miami Northwestern Tatum Bethune, 49ers, Miami Central Jarvis Brownlee Jr., Titans, Miami Carol City Artie Burns, Seahawks, Miami Northwestern Deon Bush, Chiefs, Miami Columbus Dalvin Cook, Cowboys, Miami Central James Cook, Bills, Miami Central Amari Cooper, Browns, Miami Northwestern Lavonte David, Buccaneers, Miami Northwestern Carlton Davis III, Lions, Miami Norland Denzel Daxon, Cowboys, Miami Carol City Frank Gore Jr., Bills, Miami Killian D.J.